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Best Hotels Near Oita Station | Toriten Town & the Onsen Crossroads
Oita is the working capital next door to Japan's onsen heartland — a rebuilt station-city with rooftop gardens,…
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Best Hotels Near Kami-Kumamoto Station | Soseki’s Neighbourhood Junction
Kami-Kumamoto is the three-railway junction where novelist Natsume Soseki once lodged — a local northwest base with JR,…
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Best Hotels Near Torichosuji Station | Kumamoto’s Castle-Arcade Crossing
Torichosuji is Kumamoto's centre — the tram crossing where the castle boulevard meets the great arcades. The city's…
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Best Hotels Near Suizenji Station | The Garden Quarter
Suizenji is the quiet JR stop serving Kumamoto's great strolling garden and the Ezuko lakeside — a green,…
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Best Hotels Near Shin-Suizenji Station | Kumamoto’s Midtown Interchange
Shin-Suizenji is Kumamoto's midtown interchange — JR trains upstairs, trams at the door, Suizenji garden a stroll away…
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Best Hotels Near Shinchi Chinatown Station | Nagasaki’s Old Port Quarter
Shinchi Chinatown is Nagasaki's old port quarter — champon lunches, Dejima's Dutch island, Glover Garden's villas and the…
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Best Hotels Near Urakami Station | Nagasaki’s Peace Quarter
Urakami is Nagasaki's northern quarter — the Peace Park, the Atomic Bomb Museum and the rebuilt cathedral —…
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Best Hotels Near Sasebo Station | Navy Burgers & the 99 Islands
Sasebo is Nagasaki's navy port — Kujukushima's island-studded sea, the original Sasebo burger, Japan's longest straight arcade and…
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Best Hotels Near Karatsu Station | Castle Bay & the Kunchi Floats
Karatsu is Saga's castle-by-the-sea — famous for the roaring Kunchi float festival, transparent Yobuko squid and a five-kilometre…
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